On February 22, the Arkansas Senate passed HB 1532. It had passed the House on February 16. It eases the deadline for a newly-qualifying party to nominate non-presidential candidates, from November of the year before the election, to May of … Continue reading
On February 16, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1307, which moves the deadline for a qualified party to submit its presidential elector candidates from June to late August.
On February 13, the South Dakota legislature passed HB 1037. It allows independent candidates for president to use a stand-in for vice-president, and allows an independent gubernatorial candidate to use a stand-in for Lieutenant Governor. Also it moves the deadline … Continue reading
Virginia does not print party labels on the ballot for county office, even if political parties actually nominate for county office. On February 22, the Fourth Circuit upheld that law, in a challenged filed by some Republican nominees for county … Continue reading
On February 21, Dr. David Gill, the 2016 independent candidate for U.S. House in the 13th district of central Illinois, filed this response brief in his lawsuit over the Illinois ballot access requirements for U.S. House. The case is Gill … Continue reading
